Chapter 029 Western Fantasy Town 20
As the Royal Capital Pharmacist Guild issued a notice to every small town branch union about the inclusion of the new variety of magic apple as a raw material for alchemy, Angelica's letter also reached Xie Yunsui's hands.
After reading the letter, Xie Yunsui took out the improved magic detection prop left by Angelica.
Magic apples that have been tested with magic detection props will have a clear "S" engraved on them, clearly distinguishing them from ordinary apples.
There is no need to worry about being counterfeited. Magic detection props are difficult to make and are limited in quantity. They have always been controlled by the Pharmacists' Guild, and only large organizations such as the Adventurers' Guild are eligible to purchase them.
The one Angelica left behind is her original version, unique to Angelica and no one can imitate it.
However, Xie Yunsui only has 20,000 apples left, and the pharmacist alone orders 1,000 apples every month.
Xie Yunsui had to grow another batch quickly.
In the deserted island world, there is a chance of obtaining seeds by picking up feces, digging out bird eggs and fishing. Xie Yunsui stayed there for a full thousand days and obtained countless seeds.
Strictly speaking, the apples in his hand only consumed three seeds.
Now, there are still more than 10,000 apple seeds from the deserted island world.
These seeds are not de-digitized and will grow strictly according to the planting rules of the deserted island world.
The seedlings will appear in three days, the saplings will grow in twenty days, the big trees will grow in fifty days, and the fruits will be produced in ninety days.
After that, as long as you water and control insects on time, you will be able to harvest again every seven days.
But the harvest is too little, only five apples at a time, so we have to expand the scale of planting.
There seems to be a large area of alpine forest on the other side of the stream behind the village?
Thinking this way, Xie Yunsui decided to go talk to Agnes again.
Over time, the adventurers figured out the work routines of the shop owner and his staff: the owner, Charles, would sometimes stay up late and sleep in the next day, while the only staff member, Theodore, would go to the small town of Leize early in the morning and deliver milk for two hours before returning.
Charles' store will officially open at nine in the morning.
Adventurers often go to Villansted early in the morning to look for work.
So there were not many people in the store in the morning.
Xie Yunsui simply went straight to Agnes's house.
Agnes was found watering the garden in the backyard. Just as he raised his head, Theodore came back with a group of children.
Not only Xie Yunsui, but even Agnes was confused.
"Theodore, you... these children are..."
Theodore took the children to the kitchen and gave them toast and water before returning to explain.
It turned out that as Ika Village became more famous, more and more adventurers came to the town of Laize. They each had a simple map and no longer needed Neo and his friends to lead the way, so Neo and his friends lost their jobs.
They don't even have decent clothes to wear to apply for decent jobs, so they can only do manual labor, but those manual labors are not for these teenagers.
Similarly, as the number of adventurers increased, there were not enough places to live. The rent of the simple hut that Neo and his friends could afford to live in before also increased, and these children could no longer afford the rent.
Neo brought a group of children like him to seek help from Theodore.
In fact, they didn't want to trouble Theodore, but they had lost their jobs and place to live, and the town of Laizer could no longer accommodate them.
Theodore originally wanted to let these children live in the vacant houses in the village, but now there are no empty houses in the village, so he had to take the children back home and planned to open a vegetable field for the children to grow and make money.
While they were talking, the children hid quietly behind the kitchen door and listened to the adults decide whether they should stay or go.
"Neo, what if they don't want to keep us?"
A voice asked quietly.
"Then let's go to Klein, to Obulus. There's always a place where we can survive."
Neodo broke off a piece of toast and gave it to the youngest child, and whispered to comfort everyone.
He just heard that there was no vacant place to live in Ika Village.
There are so many of them that they can't live in Theodore's house forever. Theodore's house is not an orphanage.
However, he had never been to Klein. He heard that it would take two days to travel there by carriage. If he walked, it would take even longer, right?
While Neo was lost in thought about what to do, the other children exclaimed.
Neo:?
When he looked out, he saw the black-haired adult waving at them.
"I've decided to plant an apple orchard on the high hillside on the other side of the stream. I'd like to hire you guys to work. Is 2 silver coins a week okay? All you need to do is water the orchard and keep the pests away."
Xie Yunsui was worried that he couldn't take care of the apple orchard alone.
"Can!"
“We can!”
"Sir, are you going to hire all of us?"
Neo was more sober than everyone else and asked the most important question.
Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "Yes, I'll hire all of you. Don't underestimate the apple orchard. Maybe you alone won't be enough."
"Of course, the work is simple in the early stages, so the weekly salary is relatively low. But as things get busier, the weekly salary will increase."
"How about it? Are you willing?"
Neo looked at everyone and saw that everyone had "yes, yes, very much willing" written on their faces. He still controlled his emotions and said, "Then can you provide us with a house that is not leaky and can't leak rain? One is enough, and we can live together."
Theodore hurriedly said: "You can live in my house. There are two empty rooms in my house."
Neo refused: "Theodore, we can't keep disturbing you and Grandpa Agnes."
Theodore's heart softened, and he was about to say something else when Xie Yunsui spoke first, "I've just suggested to Agnes that we build a few more houses in the village so everyone will have a place to live. Once the apple orchard is built, I'll also plan a place for people to live there."
Agnes: "I agree."
The meaning of this is self-evident. The children first opened their eyes wide in surprise, and then happily gave everyone a big hug.
They will soon have a formal job and a stable place to live!
Oh hoo!
They now want to settle down in Ika Village.
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Building new houses and apple orchards are both on the agenda.
When it comes to building houses, the first people that Agnes thinks of are the dwarves, whose craftsmanship is unquestionable.
Xie Yunsui happened to know a dwarf, so when Lucy came to the store next time, he tentatively mentioned it to her.
Lucy said in surprise, "Of course! I can take on this task directly for my dad!"
Xie Yunsui reminded him, "I need to build more than just one or two houses."
Lucy simply said, "Don't underestimate the dwarves."
Within two days, the dwarf Edmund came to Ika Village with his wife Martha.
The sturdy dwarf, carrying only a toolbox, knocked on the door of Xie Yunsui's house and asked directly, "Where do you need a house built?"
It wasn't that urgent. Xie Yunsui tried to find an empty house in the village for them to live in first.
As a result, the dwarf just ran into the woods for a long time, carried back a few large pieces of wood, and built a small wooden house in a short time, standing next to Charles's house.
Xie Yunsui: "..."
I don't know the etiquette.
Xie Yunsui took out the map of Ika Village he had drawn, including the alpine woodlands on the other side of the stream, and marked out a large area, intending to enclose the apple orchard.
Edmund understood at a glance. He pointed to a marked area and said, "Are these the houses?"
At once?
Xie Yunsui said bluntly, "Actually, I hope that houses can be built all around this area, if there's enough time."
The dwarf has plenty of time, after all, Klein's market is already saturated.
Edmund estimated the wood in the forest and said, "This wood can build eighty houses. If we add stone, we can increase it to one hundred houses."
There are only thirty houses in the entire village of Ika!
Edmund looked up and asked, "According to the dwarven custom, the price for building a wooden house is 30 silver coins, and a stone house is 50 silver coins. Lord Charles saved my daughter, so I'm willing to give you a discount of 10 silver coins for each house. As long as I settle the bill once each house is built."
Xie Yunsui: "Really? Ten houses means you earn one less gold."
Edmund: "...Really."
But a trace of heartache flashed across his face uncontrollably.
Xie Yunsui suppressed his laughter and let him go: "No need, I have plenty of money."
Even if it were all stone and wood houses, it would only cost 50 gold.
The apple orchard makes its profit every time it bears fruit.
The adventurers who came to Ciel's shop to make purchases that day discovered a wooden sign erected at the door.
The shop owner, Charles, collects trees, exchanging one tree for 3 silver coins, specifically referring to the trees on the high mountains on the other side of the stream.
The wooden sign thoughtfully depicted a map, with a circled area and a small arrow pointing into it. The words "Only trees from this area will be collected" were inscribed on the sign.
Adventurers who don't want to go up the mountain to challenge Warcraft and villagers who are bored at home and want to make money all run to the mountains, and forty or fifty large trees can be moved down in a day.
There were limited trees, and under the temptation of money, everyone cleared out all the big trees in the enclosure in less than ten days.
Edmund was not idle either. While everyone was harvesting trees, he went to Villanstai and knocked down many large stones. For this purpose, Xie Yunsui even lent him a space backpack.
Xie Yunsui really felt the speed and passion of the residents of this world.
The preparations were quickly completed, and Edmund immersed himself in the construction of the house.
Charles's store also welcomed a group of special guests.
Exquisite carriages came to Ika Village along the gray path. Adventurers passing by stepped aside after seeing the emblem on the front of the carriages.
“This is someone from the Pharmacists’ Union.”
"The ones coming later are all pharmacists. Why are they coming to this small place?"
"Are they here to buy potions too?"
"They must be here to settle accounts with the owner of Ciel! Ciel's potions are so cheap."
"Oh no! Will we have no cheap potions to use in the future?"
The adventurers discussed in low voices, gathered in groups of three or four, all their eyes following the carriage.
Agnes watched the carriages passing by her house, thought for a moment, and then followed them to Charles's yard with the help of a stick.
One, two, three, four, five, five carriages.
Why are there so many people here all of a sudden?
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